RefNo | HS/17/198 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir Charles Shadwell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Barnes |
Creator | Sir Charles Shadwell |
Date | 1 April 1847 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Presents 'tables for facilitating the approximate prediction of occultation and eclipses for any particular place,' so that seamen without specialized backgrounds in mathematics can observe and improve hydrography. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Barnes |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3519
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6032 | Shadwell; Sir; Charles Frederick Alexander (1814 - 1886) | 1814 - 1886 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |